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Lights finally dim on 'father of electricity' Hindpal Jabbal

Hindpal Jabbal during an interview with The Standard in October 2019. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

Kenya’s energy sector is mourning the death of Hindpal Singh Jabbal, who worked in the sector for more than five decades.

Jabbal, who died recently, aged 87, served in different capacities starting out as a junior engineer in the 1960s at Kenya Power and eventually becoming the founding...